Cigarette extinguisher



Feb. 28, 1956 w c, LEw|$ CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Filed Jan. 16. 1953 FIG.

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LEWIS ATTORNEYS United States Patent CIGARETTE EXTINGUISHER Walter C.Lewis, San Gabriel, Calif.

Application January 16, 1953, Serial No. 331,554

1 Claim. (Cl. 131-256) This invention has to do with devices forextinguishing lighted cigarettes or cigars and this application is acon.- tinuation of an application for United States Letters PatentSerial No. 319,666, which I filed under date of November 10, 1952, andwhich is now abandoned.

It is an object of my invention to provide a simple, economicalextinguishing or snuffing device for cigarettes or the like which isreadily adaptable to being mounted in an automobile in position forconvenient access and which is positive in its extinguishing action.

It is a more specific object to provide a device of this character whichcomprises a moisture absorbent member mounted in a casing and having arecess provided in the top end of the absorbent member having a depthsufiicient to receive the ignited end of the cigarette or cigar, therecess registering with an access opening in the casing.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from thefollowing description of a presently preferred embodiment of myinvention, for which purpose I shall refer to the accompanying drawingswherein:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view with a part of the cover cap broken away forillustrative purposes;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation; and

Fig. 3 is a medial longitudinal section.

I wish it understood, however, that, other than as will appear from theappended claim, I do not necessarily limit my invention to the specificdetails illustrated and now to be described:

Referring now to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates a cup-shapedcasing which preferably is a metal stamping or spinning, althoughsuitable molded plastics may be used for the purpose if desired. Thecasing has a reduced diameter end flange 2 to frictionally receive thedepending peripheral flange 3 of a cover cap 4. The cap 4 has a centralaccess opening 5.

Fitted in the casing, I provide a moisture absorbent member and for thispurpose it is my preference to employ a sponge which is capable ofsoaking up and retaining water or other extinguishing liquid when dippedinto the liquid or when the liquid is poured into the casing through theopening 5. Preferably also the sponge should have a slight compressionfit in the casing. In the top end of the absorbent member 15 I provide arecess which is preferably only of a depth suificient to receive theignited end of a cigarette or cigar. In practice, I find that a recessof the order of one-half inch in depth ICC is ideal for the purpose. Therecess is preferably round in cross-section and is of slightly largerdiameter than the diameter of a conventional cigarette, if the device isto be used for extinguishing cigarettes; or, if it is to be used forextinguishing cigars, the recess should be slightly larger in diameterthan the diameter of a cigar. This diameter differential preferablyshould be of the order of one-eighth inch so that the cigarette or cigarend may be readily inserted in the recess, but at the same time therewill be ample assurance that not only will the extreme or ignited end ofthe cigarette or cigar engage the bottom of the recess but also the sideof the cigarette C or cigar immediately contiguous the ignited end willalso become engaged with the side wall of the recess as shown in brokenlines in Fig. 3. Preferably also the recess 20 flares outwardly at itstop end, as shown at 20a, to facilitate insertion of the cigarette orcigar.

T o facilitate attaching the device to a suitable support, I provide ahole in the side wall of the casing through which I insert a screw 25with the headed end 27 of the screw inside the casing, and then I threada nut 26 onto the screw and screw it up against the exterior surface ofthe casing to rigidly hold the casing and attaching means in assembly.In practice, I have found it desirable to thread the outer end of thescrew into an element such as the detachable heating element of aconventional automobile cigarette lighter, which maintains the device inposition for convenient use at all times.

I claim:

In a cigarette extinguishing device mountable on the body of anautomobile, a hollow casing having a top cover presenting a centralaxial access opening therethrough, a soft, moisture absorbent bodymounted in said casing beneath said cap and having an upwardly opening,said body having a cylindrical recess in register with said opening,said recess being of a diameter substantially A3" greater than thediameter of a cigarette and flaring outwardly at its top end, wherebywhen the burning end portion of a cigarette is inserted in said recessits burning end engages the bottom of said recess while its peripheralsurface adjacent said burning end engages the side of said wall of saidrecess, and mounting means carried by said casing for securing the sameto the body of an automobile.

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